Pink Lady
A gin sour with apple brandy, lemon, grenadine, and egg white.
Base spirit
Gin
Style
Sour
Glassware
Coupe
Technique
Shake
The Pink Lady is a blush-colored gin sour enriched with apple brandy and grenadine, then given foam with egg white. Gin provides botanical structure, apple brandy adds orchard depth, and grenadine supplies color and soft sweetness. Served up, it reads as a classic pre-dinner sour with a distinctly pink presentation. Precise grenadine measure keeps it elegant rather than candy-sweet.
Ingredients
Servings
- • 1.5 oz gin
- • 0.5 oz apple brandy
- • 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice
- • 0.25 oz grenadine
- • 1 egg white
Did you know?
“The Pink Lady appears in early twentieth-century American cocktail books as a gin sour distinguished by grenadine color and apple brandy.”
Source:Early twentieth-century American cocktail manuals
Bartender's Note
Dry-shake first for foam. Keep grenadine modest so the drink stays tart and pink rather than red and syrupy.
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How to make the Pink Lady
- 1Add gin, apple brandy, fresh lemon juice, grenadine, and egg white to a shaker filled with ice
- 2Shake until well chilled
- 3Strain into a Coupe
- 4Serve
